The annual International Whaling Commission meeting this week, Denmark has applied to include humpback whales in the hunting quota for Greenland.
Denmark has requested a hunting quota of 30 humpback whales for Greenland at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), which started Tuesday in Portugal.
According to documents submitted by Denmark to the IWC, the conversion rates for actual meat obtained from fin and minke whales – which Greenland currently has hunting quotas for – have significantly reduced from previous data submitted to the IWC.
Denmark, on behalf of Greenland, now claims that four tonnes of usable meat and edible products can be obtained from a fin whale, while 1.3 tonnes can be obtained from a minke whale.
Previous requests submitted to the IWC have not included the usable meat data. Instead, it listed the estimated amount of meat per whale, which was significantly higher at ten tonnes per fin whale and two tonnes for a minke whale.

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